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Neighborhood · Ranked #9,433 of 84,120 nationally

Metropolitan Grove Eviction Risk: Elevated , Gaithersburg

Tract 24031700733 · Montgomery County, MD · pop 5,132 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Tract 24031700733 sits in the Metropolitan Grove area of Gaithersburg eviction risk, MD, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.7/10. Population here is 5,132. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.8/10.

Risk score
7.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 30% Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units2,160
Renter share57.6%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate7.1%
Median income$86,231

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In Metropolitan Grove
Low
Within parent city
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 23 tracts In Gaithersburg
Elevated
Within county
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#34 of 232 tracts In Montgomery County
High
Within state
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#155 of 1,464 tracts In Maryland
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Gaithersburg and the region

Centroid at 39.1602, -77.2188 · click any tract to drill in

Why Metropolitan Grove scores 7.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Gaithersburg
8.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.0
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
7.1% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,837 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gaithersburg
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gaithersburg
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gaithersburg
5.9

How Metropolitan Grove compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Metropolitan Grove risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.7This tracttract 7007336.9Gaithersburgparent city6.1Countyavg tract in county5.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 73

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Metropolitan Grove. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress

Eviction-adjacent indicators

Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Metropolitan Grove

Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. Against the Montgomery County average of 6.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.7 points.

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.8/10. Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

At $1,837 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Gaithersburg commands. On the national scale it lands near the 89th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 7.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the MD average is 5.5, so this tract runs 2.2 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

48% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $86,231. 58% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 24031700733

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24031700733?

Census tract 24031700733 in the Metropolitan Grove neighborhood scores 7.7/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 24031700733?

Median gross rent is $1,837/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 24031700733?

7.1% of residents in tract 24031700733 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,132.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 24031700733?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 23th, minority 81th, housing 88th.
Q5

Is tract 24031700733 considered part of Metropolitan Grove?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24031700733 fall within Metropolitan Grove (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 24031700733 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.9% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 9.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 24031700733 compare to Gaithersburg overall?

Tract 24031700733 scores 7.7/10, higher than the parent city of Gaithersburg at 6.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gaithersburg eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Gaithersburg

Top eight tracts in Gaithersburg ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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